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Eh.. never listen to anyone who says newbie should use debian/slackware/gentoo. Although they are really good distros (I use gentoo myself) they are NOT user friendly. And by user friendly, I mean...

I started using prelink recently.. Unfortunatly I cant see any noticable changes since then. Perhaps its useful on low end machines (< 500mhz)
Of course prelink -afmR once a month isnt too much of a...

That solved the issue... thanks!

My boot time is terrible but the distro works fine. I am using gentoo. I am facing some dma problems in both gentoo and winxp so I guess its a problem with my hdd. What I need to know is how can I...

That wont be a lot of problem in either distro.. most you have to wait is a few hours for emerge world (depending upon how often you update it)


Again not really an issue with either distro.
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Go to advanced session, current session and close twm then run metacity and log out of gnome (turn on save session on log out)

That should solve the problem.

Looks like you are doing a great job :D


Anyways back on topic.. There certainly should be a kernel forum because well linux = kernel and without it there wouldnt be gnu/linux that we all use....

True.. Everyone uses kernel. The method to compile it might be different but its basically the same project.

On a side note, either theres some irony to it or mdwatts seriously doesnt know how to...

Not a very good suggestion but... why dont you use the debs? The deb source is linked in the main site at debian download page.

85x85 is the most appropriate size for avatars

and 468x60 for sig pics (standard banner size)

What?!! You didnt realize that when you had to reboot 10 times?!


Before downloading anything else... install apt-rpm.
Too bad it doest comes default with rh, mdk and others.
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About Gentoo installation.. I have heard its not really that difficult if you do it from knoppix live cd. I am not sure how its done but you can look it up.

Although portage is _teh best_ package...

Linux is growing.. its growing fast enough. Look at the changes its gone through in past few years. Now you cant expect magic to happen over night. Sure now it seems that Cannon scanner doesnt has...

Well modcp is powerful enough to purge all forum's post with just under few clicks...


But admins can always add another group without powers to access the mod panel :D

w00t I mean umm..

Pekwm.. although I'll give gnome 2.6 a try soon.
fluxbox-dev has also improved a lot so I guess thats on a gotta try again list too.

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Looks really good. Thanks, I'll try it out.

Why wouldnt yahoo ugrade its messenger for linux/unix?! There is a Mac version that supports almost all features (voice conferencing, webcam etc) and linux is now supposed to have gained more market...

I am sure this (linux) community can handle that much.. some will contribute 1$ others will contribute 10.. some even 50.

All we need is a strong case thats sure win. Remaining $$ (if any) can be...

Yep.. you can just change the key settings in your wm and paint them/put a sticker/scratch win logo off or something if you hate it so much.

http://wls.wwco.com/lqh/kernel.php
Thats a quick guide.

Look around tldp.org for detailed how-to. Also whats the distro you are using? Cause there are certain distro specific methods too...

I have done stage3 (no GPR) install and it goes pretty smooth. I would recommend reading the installation guide (/install.html in cd1) and priniting it out if possible. keep it around while...

Ditto... Except that its nano for me!

Does the GPL allow me to sell copies of the program for money?
Yes, the GPL allows everyone to do this. The right to sell copies is part of the definition of free software. Except in one special...

So I was wondering what distributed computing do you use? What are yout preferences? Most popluar seems to be Seti@home and Folding@home. so thats up in the poll.

While on the topic.. I see there...